Milton Road is an
arterial road
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in
Brisbane
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,
Australia
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. It is currently signed as
State Route
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32 for its entire length. Milton Road is a major corridor for traffic between the
Brisbane central business district
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and the western suburbs. It carried an average of 50,954 vehicles per day between July and December 2014.
Milton Road's western end is at the northern terminus of the
Western Freeway at the base of
Mount Coot-tha
Mount Coot-tha is a mountain and a suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Visible from much of the city, Mount Coot-tha is a popular bushland tourist destination including the Mount Coot-tha Lookout, Brisbane Botanic Garden ...
in the suburb of
Toowong
Toowong ( ) is a riverside Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Toowong had a population of 12,556 people with a median weekly household income of $1,927.
Geography
Toowong is ...
and progresses in a north-easterly direction through the suburbs of
Auchenflower and
Milton before terminating at
Petrie Terrace
Petrie Terrace is an inner suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Petrie Terrace had a population of 1,168 people.
Geography
The suburb is by road west of the Brisbane General Post Office. The precinct is bordered ...
in Brisbane City. 250 metres west of Petrie Terrace is an interchange with the
Hale Street expressway which allows access to and from the
Inner City Bypass. Milton Road closely parallels the
Ipswich railway line
The Ipswich and Rosewood line refers to the section of the Main Line to Toowoomba that has a regular suburban rail service, extending southwest from the Brisbane central business district. It is part of the Queensland Rail City network.
H ...
.
Attractions along Milton Road include the
XXXX Brewery and
Lang Park
Brisbane Stadium (Lang Park), currently known as Suncorp Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose stadium in the suburb of Milton, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Nicknamed The Cauldron, it is a three-tiered rectangular sporting st ...
stadium, both in Milton. A pedestrian bridge crosses the road here, linking the stadium to
Milton railway station.
The
Toowong tram line ran along the entire length of Milton Road until 1962, when the
Paddington tram depot fire
The Paddington tram depot fire occurred on the night of 28 September 1962, and was one of the largest fires in Brisbane's history.[Legacy Way
The M5 Legacy Way (formerly Northern Link Tunnel) is a long tunnel linking the Western Freeway at Toowong and the Inner City Bypass at Kelvin Grove, Brisbane. The project consisted of two bored tunnels carrying two motorway grade lanes of tr ...]
underground road tunnel was opened. The new toll road initially reduced traffic on Milton Road by 16%.
Major intersections
The entire road is in the
Brisbane
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local government area.
See also
References
External links
{{Road infrastructure in Brisbane
Roads in Brisbane
Milton, Queensland